I think that we'll know more when we know more
If the dreamy eyed, furrowed brow crowd can actually deliver or if the promise is just to much to deliver on and ends in the abject failure of false starts and over-reaching.
Will policies change, sure, will it matter - not one iota for most of them
(sure stem cell research might kick up a notch, but wary investors who know that returns take a decade of research, and the policy can change again in 4 years won't throw the serious money on it that it needs).
I think most of the executive order changes that will be made will be minor on the surface ripples (changing which crony gets control of which pocket of money for instance); don't look for waves of change there.
Look for big changes to come from the Pelosi-Reid corner of the ring (do rings have corners?). I'm betting the next raise for government workers sucks because he's going to ask them to take a hit as a show of patriotism, he'll trim 1% off the raise over cost of living - a paltry savings, just
PR like most of the politicians brew.
Of course doing that puts more young soldiers and sailors on welfare, but we won't talk about that.
Obama is going to have to show his true colors once the paper hits his desk and he has to put ink on the paper; President's don't get to vote "present". He's got a leg up on Congress in that he's a media darling so he has a better ability to get his word on the street; it's the back room dealing with the majority leaders that we won't get to hear.
Won't it rock the socks of the posers and posters when he asks for the Columbia Free Trade bill to be pasted into the next economic stimulus package/wealth redistribution allocation to his fans er, voters? Nah, it's not going to change, it's just a new face.
I'm not convinced that he can bring change other than the contents of my wallet type change.